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'50/50' is a comedy. I shouldn't say it's a buddy comedy because it's not farcical, and it's based on a true story, but it's viewing that experience through a very truthful lens of humour.

— Bryce Dallas Howard

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.

— Dana Carvey

There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware.

— Bob Newhart

A comedy can actually get funnier and funnier. Even though you know the joke, you enjoy it so much, it's the facial expression, you laugh. The laugh doesn't wear off. It could be with you for thirty years.

— Eli Roth

I suppose, at 50, you value things in a different way. So you value connections, you value your friendships, you value your health, and you are much more aware of time passing.

— Kenneth Branagh

So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.'

— Andrew Lau

Comedy unites, it doesn't divide!

— Mike Birbiglia

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.

— Dawn Powell

Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.

— Johnny Vegas

At 50 you're more confident, more comfortable in your skin and you don't put up with nonsense, especially from men.

— Amanda Donohoe

✗Opposing Perspectives

Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.

— Jeff Daniels